TO ROLL IN TO METRO DETROIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BEN. WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM POLLS OPENING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION DAY. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE RACES, WHERE AT THIS TIME, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. WE HAVE A CONGRESSIONAL RACE UP IN THE AIR. AND A BALLOT PROPOSAL WITH UNCERTAIN FUTURE. AND POTENTIAL OF A NEW WAYNE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN 10 YEARS. AND LET'S GO TO MARA MACDONALD. SHE JOINS US LIVE DOWNTOWN W LATEST. AND SOME PEOPLE WILL HAVE A SLEEPLESS NIGHT TONIGHT. RIGHT? CARMEN, I BET THEY WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. THEY PROBABLY HAVE HAD THEM FOR TWO WEEKS NOW. THIS IS THE SITUATION. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO. BUT ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD REALIZE, ABOUT TOMORROW. THE NUMBERS CRUNCHERS SAY THAT TOMORROW'S TURNOUT COULD BE A BISMAL. AS IN AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. AND WHICH COULD ALMOST BRING US BACK TO RECORD IN 1990 ONLY 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED. BUCK STOPS WITH ME. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE A -- SCANDAL THAT IS PLAGUED THE FICANO ADMINISTRATION WEIGHED HIM DOWN. SOMETIMES LAST. AND WHILE WARREN EVANS CONSISTENTLY POLLING AT THE TOP OF THE PACK. DO WHAT WE WILL SAY WE DO. DO IT RIGHT. GET COUNTY BACK ON A STRONG FOOT. NOTHING SOLIDIFY THAT IS FRONTRUNNER STATUS LIKE BEING THE SUBJECT OF ATTACK ADS ON TV AND RADIO LIKE EVANS HAS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM? EXEC RACE IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN. BUT OTHER RACE PICK UP STEAM IS 14 CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. GARY PETER'S SEAT VACATING TO RUN FOR SENATE. PRIMARY TO FILL THE SEE IS TURNING INTO A DOG FIGHT BETWEEN FORMER CONGRESSMAN CLARK, HOBBS AND MAYOR LAWRENCE. CLARK HAS THE NAME ID. AND LAWRENCE IS WELL KNOWN. BUT HOBBS HAS PICKED UP THE BIG ENDORSEMENTS AND GONE UP ON TV. YOU HAVE A GOOD ORGANIZATION BEHIND RUDY HOB AND GOOD ORGANIZATION BEHIND LAWRENCE. AND MAYBE NOT AS STRONG ONE BEHIND HANSEN. SO WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HANSEN CLARK WAS IN THE LEAD OTHERS CATCHING UP IN THE LATER DAYS OF THE ELECTION. BACK LIVE. THEN PROPOSAL ONE. BALLOT PROPOSAL OF THE ASKING WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THE REPEAL. THERE IS NO ORGANIZED OPTION. BUT BALLOT LANGUAGE IS CONFUSING. PEOPLE SEEM NOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. AND THE NUMBERS GUYS, CARMEN, THEY SAY THIS ONE COULD GO EITHER WAY. LIVE DOWNTOWN. MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4. WELL. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MAKES ELECTIONS FUN. THANK YOU. LOCAL 4 WILL HAVE YOU COVERED TOMORROW FROM THE MOMENTS THE POLLS OPEN UNTIL THE FINAL RESULTS. AS SOON AS THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN TOMORROW NIGHT. WE WILL POST THEM O CLICKONDETROIT.COM. AND WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL

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Here we go -- polls will open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The turnout is expected to be terribly low, perhaps as low as 15 percent. The experts blame that on now primary challenges in the races at the top of the ticket. Still, there is some major maneuvering going on in several races.

The race that’s generated the most vitriol and cash is the Democratic primary for Wayne County Executive. Scandals that have plagued current Wayne County Executive Bob Ficano’s administration have been dragging him down in the polls -- in some cases, dead last.

Former Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans has been consistently polling at the top of the pack. Nothing solidifies your status as frontrunner like attack ads and Evans has been the target of that on TV and radio.

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The race in the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 14th Congressional District is heating up, with a three-way dogfight between former Rep. Hansen Clarke, State Rep. Rudy Hobbs and Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence.

Clarke and Lawrence have name ID, but Hobbs has the high-profile endorsements.

"You have a good organization behind Rudy Hobbs, a good organization behind Brenda Lawrence and maybe a not as strong one behind Hansen. So, where he might have been in the lead very early on, I think a lot of people are actually catching up to Clarke in these latter days of the election," said political consultant Dennis Darnoi.

And then there’s Proposal 1, which is asking voters if they support repealing Michigan’s Personal Property Tax on businesses. While there’s been no organized opposition, people are confused over the ballot language. Polling suggests it could go either way.

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